#9C995F#9C995F

#9C995F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.078 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C995F
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 95)
HSL	hsl(57, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 39%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 39.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, -7.85, 30.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 31.86, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% -0.0213 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.078 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1675, 30.6772, 15.3144)
Luminance	0.3068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C995F #5F629C

analogous

#9C7B5F #9C995F #819C5F

triadic

#9C995F #5F9C99 #995F9C

tetradic

#9C995F #5F9C7B #5F629C #9C5F81

square

#9C995F #5F9C7B #5F629C #9C5F81

split-complementary

#9C995F #5F819C #7B5F9C

monochromatic

#504E31 #767448 #9C995F #B4B284 #CBCAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#9C995F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#9C995F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C995F

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C995F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C995F	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2955B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c995f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.078 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab68d',
    500: '#9c995f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c995f;
$custom-light: #bab68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c995f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 24.303,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67169,
    "c": 0.07845,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C995F

secondary

#9D9FBA

accent

#6BC167

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C995F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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